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Friday Mar 20, 2009

Sun Studio Express 3/09, the official build used for the Sun Studio 12
Update 1 Early Access Program, is now available on Solaris,
OpenSolaris and the latest Linux distributions
(RHEL/SuSE/Ubuntu/CentOS), feature highlights since the Sun Studio 12
release include:

C/C++/Fortran compiler optimizations for the latest x86
architectures from Intel and AMD including SSSE3, SSSE4a, SSe4.1,
SSE4.2 compiler intrinsics support

C/C++/Fortran compiler optimizations for the latest UltraSPARC and SPARC64-based architectures

DLight - New tool to utilize and visualize the power of Solaris Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) technology

dbxTool - New stand-alone GUI debugger

Full OpenMP 3.0 compilers and tools support

MPI performance analysis in the Performance Analyzer

NetBeans IDE 6.5 including new remote development features

Join the Sun Studio 12 Update 1 Early Access Program and evaluate
the new capabilities of Sun Studio Software, provide feedback directly
to the product team, and influence future product releases.

Check out Kuldip Oberoi's blog or view the Sun Studio 12 Update 1 Early Access Program podcast to learn more.